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ROAD-MAKING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 291,427, dated January 1,1884

Application file l September 11, 1883. (No model) To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, WILLIAM H. TIDLAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oakwood, in the county of Brookings and Territory of Dakota, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Road-Making Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others 1 skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecification, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my imi5 proved road-machine. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the plow and the soil-receiving shoe. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the upper portion of the elevator-track, showing the elevator-cups in position dumping the soil. Fig. 4 is a vertical cross section of the entire machine, showing the road-bed in cross-section; and Fig. 5 isa top viewof the entire machine.

. Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures. My invention has relation to machines for grading and making roads; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of a machine by which a ditch is dug and the soil removed from the ditch carried up to the center of the road-bed, forming a road, raised in the middle and having a ditch at the sides, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, theletter A 3 5 indicates a frame, which is preferably rectangular and fastened, inclined to one side, upon two parallel longitudinal bars, B, whichform bearings at their middlefor the axle upon which the drivewheelOis j ournaled, the frame being 0 inclined at an angle to the plane of the drivewheel, which travels in avertical plane, or nearly so. The frame A supports a circular track,

D, the raised portion of which forms a vertical shoulder, E, and an inclined portion, F,

" 5 which passes up to the plane of the remaining portion of the track, and the frame is provided at its forward end with a transverse bar, G, extending from the forward end of the one of the parallel bars which is at the highest side of the frame, connecting it with the end of the other bar, and extending to the lower from the upper side of the middle of the lower parallel bar, and a large elevator-wheel, K, having a fiat rim, L, and curved spokes M, is journaled upon the end of the same, rotating in the same plane as the circular track is placed in, and the under side of the rim of the said wheel is provided with a cogged rim, N which is engaged by a pinion, O, fastened upon a shaft, Q, journaled transversely in the frame, and provided upon its inner end with a pinion, R, which again meshes with a pinion, S, which is engaged by a cogged rim, T, upon the drive-wheel, so that bythis connec- -tion of cog-wheels and pinions the elevatorwheel will be operated with the rim at the lower side traveling rearward when the machine is propelled forward. The upper side of the rim of the elevator-wheel is provided with an upright rim or flange, U, extending around its entire upper surface, and aseries of flat flanged elevator-buckets, V, are hinged upon the outer rim of the elevator-wheel, slid.- ing with their outer portions upon, the track,

and being hinged in such a manner uponthe elevator-wheel that they may swing downward, discharging their contents when filled.

Aplow, W, has its beam Xhinged to a rod sliding adjustably in guides upon the end of the transverse bar, and a double-tree, Y, to which a team is attached which draws the plow, is hinged to said rod, and a spoon-shaped shoe, Z, having its outer side, a, straight, and placed close to the mold-board of the plow, so that the soil, as it is dug up by the plow, will fall upon the elevator-buckets, which pass in the shoe, and the soil which drops off from the buckets may be collected in the shoe and be carried away by the subsequent buckets, is secured to the rear end of a bar, b, secured at its forward end to the outer portion of the transverse bar.

A suitable seat may be secured to the frame near the plow, and suitable connections to the plow for raising and lowering it may be progearing operating the elevator, all within easy reach of the afore-mentioned seat, and another seat may be provided for the person driving the team drawing the machine, and it will be seen that by guiding the plow in the line where the ditch is desired to be. and by throwing the elevator into operation, the dirt will be carried from the ditch up to the center of the road, where it will be dumped by the elevatorbuckets being tipped at their outer ends in reaching the vertical shoulder in the track,

whereupon they pass up the inclined portion to the level of the track, and the soil clinging to the rim or flange of the elevator-wheel will be scraped off the'same by a scraper, 0, fastened in brackets d at the upper point of the track and bearing wit-h its edge against the surface of the rim.

The operation of my machine will be readily understood by the foregoing descriptiomtaken in. connection with the accompanying drawings, Without any further explanation.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States 1. The'combination, in a roadmaking machine, of a laterally-inclined circular track mounted upon a wheeled frame, and having the highest portion of the track forming a vertical shoulder and an inclined portion, an elevator-wheel journaled to travel in the same plane as the track, having means for rotating it, provided with a number of hinged elevatorcups hinged to its rim and traveling upon the surface of the track, and provided with an upright annular flange upon its upper surface at the. inner end of the hinged cups, and a plow traveling at the side of the machine, throwing the soil upon the elevator-cups at the lowest pointof the track, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

2. In a road-making machine, the combination of a laterally-inclined circular track mounted upon a wheeled frame. and having the highest portion of the track forming a vertical shoulder and an inclined portion, an elevator-wheel journaled to turn in the same plane as the track, rotated by means of connection with the drive-wheel, and provided with a number of elevator-cups hinged to its rimand traveling with their outer ends upon the track, and with an upright annular flange projecting from the upper surface of the rim at the inner ends of the cups, a plow traveling at the side of the machine, throwing the soil upon the elevator-cups at the lowest point of the track, and a shoe secured at the lowest point of the track, having the elevator-cups passing through it and serving to receive the dirt or soilfrom the plow,as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

3. The combination of a laterally-inclined frame having a cross-bar extending to one side, provided with a forwardly-projecting tongue at its inner end and a double-tree at its outer end, and provided with a caster or guide wheel at its rear end, a drive-wheel journaled in the frame supportingthe same, and having acogged rim engaging a pinion meshing with one of a number of other pinions, acircular track fastened upon the frame, and having its highest portion forming a vertical shoulder and an inclined portion, an elevator-wheel journaled upon an upright bar upon the frame, turning in the plane of the track, having a cogged rim upon its under side meshing with one of the pinions engaged by the rim upon the drivewheel, provided with elevator-cups hinged toits rim, and with an upright annular flange, a spoon-shaped shoe secured to the rear end of a beam fastened at its forward end to near the outer end of the cross-bar at the forward end of the frame and secured to remain at the lowest point of the track, the elevator-buckets traveling through it, and a plow traveling at the side of the machine, having the forward end of its beam secured adj ustably to the outer end of the transverse bar at the front of the frame, and throwing the soil into the shoe and upon the elevator-cups, all constructed to operate as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed'my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM HENRY TIDLAND.

Witnesses:

JOHN L. LINDSKOG, PETER BALGORD. 

